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Gerald Graff argues that our schools and colleges make the intellectual life seem more opaque, narrowly specialized, and beyond normal learning capacities than it is or needs to be.
A totalitarian regime has ordered all books to be destroyed, but one of the book burners suddenly realizes their merit.
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This text features an impressive array of readings, including 25 specially-commissioned essays by prominent philosophers.
Casually written and easy-to-understand, it is jam-packed with necessary insight, tips, advice, how-tos, quick-reference guides, and checklists to help you write the book you are destined to write.
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